What you need:

• White paper squares (copy paper is fine)
  4" x 4", 5" x 5", 6" x 6"
• Red marker
• Ruler
• Tape
• Pipe cleaners
• Ribbon

What you do:

• Cut squares of paper out
• Mark ½ - ¾ " along 2 sides
• Color inside "L" shape with red marker
• On the opposite corner, begin rolling up the square (you can use a pencil too!)
• When you have a tube, it should have stripes evenly spaced around it.
• Add a small piece of tape to secure.
• Cut a pipe cleaner to fit the length of the tube.
• Begin shaping the curve of the candy cane.  (The paper will flatten some when you do this.)
• Add a pretty ribbon to the cane and hang on your tree or add to a package for a decoration.

Time Capsule Ornament

Make these at your New Year’s Eve party and your guests have a memento of that special night! 

What you need:

• Clear glass ornament
• Silver & blue ribbon
• Silver paint marker
• Strips of paper for writing on
• Confetti garland

What you do:

• Open the top of ornament and set hanger aside.
• Fill inside with confetti garland to give it color.
• Add your hopes, dreams and wishes for the future inside on strips of paper.
• Close ornament with hanger.
• Paint "2000" on outside with paint marker.
• When dry, add festive ribbon to hanger top.

Countdown to Christmas Treats

What you need:

• Tissue paper
• Scissors
• Ribbon
• Tags
• Glitter pen
• Surprises (candy, trinkets, etc.)

What you do:

• Cut squares of tissue paper.
• Add candy or other surprises inside and pull up corners to close.
• Add a twist tie to close.
• On the paper tags, add the number of days before Christmas. Let dry.
• Add tags to bundles.
• Tie a pretty ribbon on, then tuck in tree branches for the kids to find.